Non-supping shoe



(No Model.)

- F. A. KING & G. 1?. BRAND.

NON SLIPPING SHOE.

,431. Patented Feb. 7, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O I E.

FRANCIS A. KING AND eEoRenr- BRAND, or YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. T

NON-SLlPPlNGSHO E- SPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent Nae-71.431, dated February '7, less,

Application filed October 3.1887. Serial No. 251,274. (No model.) I Q Slipping Shoes; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and ,fig-

. ures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in shoes; and it has for its object to provide a simple and efficient means for preventing shoes or boots from slipping upon icy surfaces. To accomplish this object many forms of icecreepers and other devices intended to be clamped or locked to the sole of the boot or shoe have been used. These devices are often both expensiveand cumbersome, and by their use the shoe to which they are attached is liable to injury from contact with the locking devices which are employed to secure them in place. We have found that a shoe canbeso constructed as to adapt it to be readily and quickly convertedinto a perfect non-slipping shoe, when occasion requires, with the expenditure of but afew moments time, and

without detracting from the appearance of the shoe or in any manner inconveniencing the wearer.

To this end, andto such others as the invention may relate, the same consists in the peculiar combinations and in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe constructedin accordance with our invention, the same being shown partly in section and with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the outer sole,

in which a portion of the eyelets are shown as threaded.

Referring, now, to the details of thedraw ings, A represents a shoe, the sole B of which} I is composed of the outer andinner soles, G D. p

The outer sole, 0, is provided with-a series of eyelets or holes, c, extending through the same. These eyelets may be arranged either inv rows,

as I have shown them in the drawings, or, if

desired, they may beso arranged as to form' stars,-circles," or other fanciful. designs. The inner sole, D, is so constructed as to fit perfectly within the shoe, and at the same time it to the perforations or slipping, the inner sole is removed and the eyelets are threaded with a heavy cord,"preferably linen. The roughened surface formed upon the sur face of the sole of the shoe by the cord renders The inner sole is then replaced.

the'shoe perfectly non-slipping, and the wearer will'be able to maintaina secure 'andfirm footing upon the most slippery pavement.

Having thus described our invention and set forth its merits, what we claim to be new,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

V 1. In a' non-slipping shoe, the combination,

with aperforated sole, of a cord passed through said perforations to form a roughened surface, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. 1n anon-slipping shoe, the combination, with an outer sole provided with a series of openings or eyelets adaptedto receive the cord, r

of, a solid removable inner sole, substantially" "as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we afifixoursignatures in presence of two witnesses. I

' r I GEO. EMBRAND.

Witnesses: I

B. F. FRIOK, J r., J. B. DAILEY.

FRANCIS A.'KING. 

